Accounting firm rents mega space

Wilkins Miller Hieronymus LLC, an accounting and consulting firm, has leased 13,000 square feet on the fourth floor of the BB&T Bank Centre, 41 W. Interstate 65 Service Road N., with plans to relocate there in late February.

The larger space will allow the partners to consolidate Mobile operations under one roof, according to Allen Carroll, managing partner at the firm.

The firm now is in the Xante building, 2800 Dauphin St., and at 10 N. Florida St.

The company's office on Section Street in Fairhope will remain open.

The new space will also house two firm affiliates: Wilkins Miller Hieronymus Wealth Management and Wilkins Miller Hieronymus Information Technologies.

The firm negotiated the lease with The Mitchell Company, which is handling renovations. Zito Russell Architects designed the new office layout.

The partners have been in search of a new office location since last July's merger of Wilkins Miller P.C. and Hieronymus, Gaillard & Jones LLC, Carroll said.

"We considered Midtown and downtown, but kept coming back to I-65," said Page Stalcup III, a partner in the firm. "The most important factors were accessibility to our clients and our team, and affordability."

The BB&T Bank Centre is ideally situated in the center of Mobile, at the intersection of Dauphin Street and I-65, and easily accessible to Mobile's major thoroughfares, Carroll said.

With more than 65 employees, the firm is said to be one of the largest accounting and consulting firms in Alabama. 